In one paragraph
Hawaii's HB 831 (2025) would have made it unlawful for rental property owners to use a 'coordinator', a software or data analytics service whose coordinating function collects price, supply or lease-date data from two or more owners, analyzes it through computation (including training an algorithm) and recommends rents, lease renewal terms or occupancy levels; for coordinators to facilitate agreements among owners that restrict competition or for owners to engage in consciously parallel pricing coordination. It was referred to CPC, JHA and FIN in January 2025, carried over to 2026 on December 8, 2025 and was not enacted.
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What it means for business
None: the bill did not pass. It would have barred landlords from using rent-setting software that pools competitors' data and barred the software providers.
Key provisions
- Would add a section to HRS chapter 480 making it a violation for a rental owner to subscribe to or pay a coordinator, for a coordinator to facilitate an agreement among rental property owners that restricts competition, or for two or more owners to engage in consciously parallel pricing coordination
- Coordinating function (all three): collecting historical or contemporaneous prices, supply levels or lease termination and renewal dates from two or more owners; analyzing them through a system, software or process that uses computation, including to train an algorithm; and recommending rents, renewal terms or occupancy levels
- Complaint alleging a violation of HRS 480-4(a) sufficient if facts make a conspiracy plausible; Attorney General to run a public education program and adopt rules
- Would add the section to the HRS 480-16(a) criminal penalties: natural persons up to $100,000 and three years in prison, or both; entities up to $1,000,000
- Would have taken effect upon approval; carried over to 2026 December 8, 2025 and not enacted
Latest legislative action
Dec 8, 2025. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Sponsors (showing 5 of 33)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| AMATO | Primary |
| BRANCO | Primary |
| D. Kobayashi | Primary |
| ELI | Primary |
| GRANDINETTI | Primary |
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